Cigarette caused fire that damaged kitchen

Thursday

A lit cigarette caused a fire Wednesday that damaged a Burlington home’s kitchen.

According to a news release, the Burlington Fire Department responded to 1107 Stonewall St. at about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, where firefighters saw a fire in the home’s kitchen area.

Investigators determined the fire started when an improperly discarded cigarette was thrown away into a waste basket. The fire ignited the kitchen cabinets, and caused about $10,000 in structural damage within the kitchen, and $5,000 to the home’s contents.

The house is owned by Calvin Lafferty, and both the structure and its contents are insured. No one was injured in the fire. It took 13 firefighters about two hours to extinguish the blaze.

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